Beyond 26.2: How To Turn The Sydney Marathon Into The Ultimate Runcation

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How Ethiopia’s Elite Marathon Runners Actually Train

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At 91, Dale Sanders Took Back the Appalachian Trail Record He Lost to a Friend

Sanders finished on Mount Katahdin on Monday, 359 days after he started and six days inside the deadline, having fallen 71 times along the way.

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Ali Anderson Broke Three Hours in Sydney at 32 Weeks Pregnant

The 29-year-old from Oklahoma ran 2:59:43 on Sunday, 17 minutes and 45 seconds off the personal best she set at Boston in April, when she was 13 weeks pregnant.

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We Ranked All 7 World Marathon Majors | And Alexis Signs Up For a Race

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Julien Veysseyre Becomes the First Amputee to Finish the UTMB

The 39-year-old Frenchman ran 44:16:04 on Sunday to finish 1,475th, with five guides relaying a second prosthesis around the Mont Blanc loop behind him.

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Brian Reynolds Becomes Leadville’s First Double Amputee Finisher on His Fourth Attempt

Reynolds ran 28:55:43 on Aug. 22 and finished third in the para men’s division, on a 99.7-mile course the Willow Fire forced organizers to redraw.

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Chicago Marathon Adopts Water Refill Stations For Runners

Four filtered water points will sit ahead of aid stations at miles 5.7, 10.1, 15.7 and 20.3 on Oct. 11, the first time one of the seven World Marathon Majors has formally offered to fill runners’ own bottles.

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World Athletics Clears the Adidas Adizero Adios Pro 5, 26 Days Before Berlin

The shoe turned up on the sport’s approved list with a sale date of Sept. 1 and no announcement from adidas, which has run its last two racing launches through the Berlin Marathon.

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